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never said users are wrong - simply stating the results of using chrome and FF.

as usual Internet Expolder (not sure why anyone even uses this piece of junk software) has all the issues. JMHO

Actually, the issue was widespread. I use primarily Chrome, but occasionally FF also, running on Ubuntu 11.10, as opposed to any variety of Windoze (not sure why anyone even uses that piece of junk OS )

We all get to be software/OS snobs here. It's been rumored that there may even be some sailboat manufacturer snobs on sailnet.com.

When I was a volunteer with the Calgary Freenet we were all excited about a 1 megabit fibre optic line coming in to the city. We became concerned when browsers appeared as the would chew up band width with all those images. We learned to be parsimonious with our code.

Amazing advances in the technology, eh?

These little time delays are annoying, but much better than the days of my 5600k modem. My first was a 300 baud modem with which I could connect to Compuserve.

Yes, I was amazed at the upgrade my 1200 baud modem was from 300. Compuserve was my first attempt at booking a flight back in 1994. Edmonton-Kelowna, should be easy, right?

Not on the old Sabre system. I booked my flight, paid, and the tickets arrived overnight the next day. To my horror the Edmonton-Kelowna portion was fine, but for some inexplicable reason my return was routed Kelowna-Vancouver-Calgary-Edmonton, and it was going to cost me a small fortune to change it.

I was glad to see Expedia and it's competitors arrive on the scene. Things are sooo much easier now.

Funny thing, my son works for a telecommunications company. His ringtone on his cell is the old modem handshake sounds. I almost flipped when I first heard it; it's been many years!

1990??? Wow, my HTML via Notepad started in 1995. Heck, you were there before the image tag was invented! (sort of like in the buggy whip era of web sites?)

I got my first email account in the mid '80s from the school board.

My intro to the internet was archie, ftp, and gopher.

When I was a volunteer with the Calgary Freenet we were all excited about a 1 megabit fibre optic line coming in to the city. We became concerned when browsers appeared as the would chew up band width with all those images. We learned to be parsimonious with our code.

Amazing advances in the technology, eh?

These little time delays are annoying, but much better than the days of my 5600k modem. My first was a 300 baud modem with which I could connect to Compuserve.